News

April 2020​: Madison's review on PDGFR activation, internalization and signal attenuation is published in Biochemical Society Transactions​!

April 2020​: PRA Julia Mo will be joining the Genetics & Development Department at Columbia Universitythis Fall for her Ph.D. She will be missed, but the lab is looking forward to seeing her future accomplishments!

February 2020​: Congratulations to Madison Rogers for winning 2nd place poster prize at the GRC on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration!

February 2020​: Kaiah Fields joins the lab as a rotation student from the Biomedical Sciences Program. Welcome, Kaiah!

January 2020​: Congratulations to Brenna Dennison on being awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellows!

November 2019​: Hannah Moran joins the lab as a rotation student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Hannah!

November 2019​: Damian Garno joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant. Welcome, Damian!

October 2019: Another fantastic Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development retreat! The lab had a lot of fun presenting our work and playing charades.

September 2019: Madison Rogers passed her comprehensive exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate!

June 2019: Nkolika Egbukichi joins the lab as a rotating student from the Medical Scientist Training Program. Welcome, Nk!

​May 2019: Congratulations to Elliott on completing his third rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! Unhappy with the original setting of the lab celebration, Brenna used her Photoshop skills to transport us all somewhere more exciting.

May 2019: Thanks to a thoughtful submission by Brenna, Madison, Ian and Elliott, Katie is nominated for a 2019 Faculty Sponsor Award.

April 2019: The lab receives an RNA-sequencing grant from the RNA Bioscience Initiative.

April 2019: Congratulations to Madison Rogers on receiving honorable mention for her NSF GRFP application!

April 2019​: The lab is awarded a K02 from NIDCR to characterize PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the craniofacial mesenchyme.

March 2019: Madison Rogers presented a poster and Brenna Dennison gave a talk in the Organogenesis Session at the Southwest Society for Developmental Biology Regional Meeting.

February 2019: Elliott Brooks joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Elliott!

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​February 2019: Brenna and Madison presented posters on their work at the SODM 35th Annual Research Day.

November 2018: Rachel Kilgore joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Rachel!

October 2018: Katie and Brenna attended the 41st annual Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology meeting in La Jolla, CA. Brenna gave a fantastic talk in the 2nd plenary session!

October 2018: Another fantastic Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development retreat with our colleagues in the Department of Craniofacial Biology!

October 2018: Brenna Dennison passed her comprehensive exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate!

October 2018​: Now accepting rotation students from the Medical Scientist Training Program!

​July 2018​: Lab hike up Chief Mountain followed by burgers and shakes. Great conversation and views!

July 2018​: Madison Rogers passed her preliminary exam and officially joins the lab for her Ph.D. thesis work.

April 2018​: Julia Mo joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant. Welcome, Julia!

March 2018​: Now accepting rotation students from the Biomedical Sciences Program!

March 2018​: The lab is awarded an R01 from NIDCR to characterize PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the craniofacial mesenchyme.

​February 2018: Congratulations to Ian on completing his second rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! The lab celebrated at Stanley Marketplace.

​February 2018: Katie gave a talk and Brenna presented she and Brandon's poster at the SODM Research Day. Brenna won best poster in the graduate student category!

​February 2018: The Department of Craniofacial Biology was very well represented at the Gordon Research Conference on Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration in Lucca, Italy. What a great group of colleagues!

November 2017: Ian Stancil joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Ian!

November 2017: Congratulations to Madison on completing her first rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! The lab celebrated at Stanley Marketplace.

October 2017: The lab is all dressed up for Brenna and Anthony's wedding. Congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds!

September 2017: Congratulations to Brandon on an excellent presentation at the SODM semi-annual student research competition!

August 2017: Madison Rogers joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Madison!

August 2017: Congratulations to Brenna for passing her Preliminary Exam!

July 2017: Brenna Clay officially joins the lab for her Ph.D. thesis work.

June 2017: Our paper reporting the generation of an immortalized mouse embryonic palatal mesenchyme cell line is published in PLoS One: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179078​June 2017: Brandon Rinker joins the lab as a Summer Scholar before starting Dental School this Fall. Welcome, Brandon!

​May 2017: Congratulations to Brenna on completing her third rotation and giving an excellent post-rotation presentation! The lab celebrated at the Lowry Beer Garden.

February 2017: Brenna Clay joins the lab as a rotating student from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development. Welcome, Brenna!

December 2016: Now accepting rotation students from the Graduate Program in Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development and the Molecular Biology Graduate Program!

December 2016: Rob Long joins the lab as a Professional Research Assistant. Welcome, Rob!